100 Iraqis killed in mortar attack

[Bluebear]

ABC-TV news, breaking...

On edit, AP wire (thanks to Newsjock, see below)

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi officials said Tuesday more than 100 Iraqis were killed and wounded when a mortar attack hit an Iraqi National Guard headquarters north of Baghdad.

Six mortar rounds fell on National Guard offices in an early morning attack in Mashahidan, 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of Baghdad, said Iraqi police and National Guard officers under condition of anonymity.

[ogradda]

1. fuck this shit

i hate *'s guts. may he get the treatment from his god he deserves.

[Bluebear]

2. They're trying to make Zarqawi the equivalent/surrogate of Osama

His "pledge to al Qaeda" the other day on supposed Islamic websites. What a mess.

[ogradda]

7. yeah i know

i've gotten so cynical when i heard zarqawi made a pledge to osama i thought "what took you so long to think that up" karl?" see? now we have a terrorist link! of course we've made ourselves so beloved over there we must have thousands of terrorist(aka pissed off homeless tortured iraqi citizens) who would really like to tear us uto fucking shreds but hey! fuck 'em if they can't take a joke, right?

[Newsjock]

3. Yee-haw! Bush is my man!

If he can take out one hundred of those infidels all at once, then he is surely protecting my God-fearing nation from the evildoers! I'll bet some of them even spoke French.

</sarcasm>

[Bluebear]

5. Re: headline

The "100 Iraqis killed" was a spoken headline that just broke on Boston news here, I don't have a link yet and beg the indulgence of the LBN fans...

[shockingelk]

11. must have been some mortar attack

This story doesn't seem right.

Maybe if it was a VX shell ..

[Newsjock]

4. From the wire: attack on Iraqi National Guard HQ

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi officials said Tuesday more than 100 Iraqis were killed and wounded when a mortar attack hit an Iraqi National Guard headquarters north of Baghdad.

Six mortar rounds fell on National Guard offices in an early morning attack in Mashahidan, 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of Baghdad, said Iraqi police and National Guard officers under condition of anonymity.

[Bluebear]

6. Thanks friend I will edit the original here

[izzie]

9. I read on anti-war this-----

That in some places the Am. were living with the national guard of Iraq, as some type of training program. They did it in Vietnam (did not work) so they will retry it here. Were any Am. killed in this or will we not hear about them?

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. basic link on Sky News

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1156086,00.html

HUGE IRAQ MORTAR ATTACK

Iraqi authorities say more than 100 Iraqis killed or wounded in a mortar attack on the National Guard headquarters north of Baghdad.

On edit: it seems to be '100 killed or wounded' - you might want to chaneg the thread title.

[mom cat]

10. This slaughter is unconcionable...a crime against humanity.

:cry::cry::argh:

[illuminaughty]

12. What is happening?

An hour later and nothing on CNN
BBC is doing piece on miniature golf (I swear I'm gonna end up bitch slapping somebody today)
Al-Jazeera nothing

[muriel_volestrangler]

15. Well, it's the top story now in the BBC website

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3755928.stm

Since it's not in Baghdad, they may not have had time to get cameras there - so only the AP wire report is available.

[Paleocon]

13. Winning hearts and minds???

Un-believale....

[Meehowski]

14. I'm sick of this war!!

:thumbsdown: :nuke:

[Judi Lynn]

16. AP story, with other info.

Oct 19, 7:29 AM EDT

100 Iraqis killed or wounded in attack

By TINI TRAN
Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- A mortar attack on an Iraqi National Guard headquarters north of Baghdad on Tuesday killed or wounded at least 100 Iraqis, officials said, while U.S. troops battled insurgents in a major city west of the capital.

Six mortar rounds fell on National Guard offices in an early morning attack in Mashahidan, 25 miles north of Baghdad, said Iraqi police and National Guard officers under condition of anonymity.

There was no breakdown on the number of those killed and injured. The Iraqi National Guard has been a target of insurgents trying to undermine U.S.-led security efforts ahead of November national elections.
(snip/...)

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ?SITE=FLPET&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

[underpants]

17. Good lord!

over 100?

Wow. That is just ....just terrible.

[Jacobin]

18. I guess this means that they are "Bringing It On?"

I want that bible thumping jayzus freak maniac out of Al Gore's house NOW!

[LynnTheDem]

19. 4 killed, 80+ wounded

http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2004/10/faf5e48a-c993-462f-bc06-255a841340e3.html

[Ripley]

20. Another link...

http://www.turkishpress.com/turkishpress/news.asp?ID=31102

BAGHDAD, Oct 19 (AFP) - Four Iraqi national guards and a US contractor were killed and 89 people wounded in two mortar attacks in and around Baghdad on Tuesday in the latest deadly strike against US and Iraqi forces, officials said.

Unknown assailants fired mortars on an Iraqi National Guard base in Mashahda, a town about 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of Baghdad. The interior ministry said four people were killed and 82 wounded.

The US-led military confirmed an attack on the facility but said no US soldiers had been hurt.